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When Comedy Was King(1960)
Status: Released
Date: 1960-03-29
67%
6 Votes
Time: 1h 21m
You Never Dreamed a Film Could Be So Funny
Overview:
A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Fatty Arbuckle, Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Charley Chase, and Laurel and Hardy.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Robert Youngson Productions
Movie: When Comedy Was King
Top 10 Billed Cast
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage)
Wallace Beery
edited from 'Teddy at The throttle' (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin
edited from 'His Trysting Place, ' 'The Masqurader, ' and 'Kid Auto at Venice.' (archive footage)
Charley Chase
edited from 'Movie Night' (archive footage)
Buster Keaton
edited from 'Cops' (archive footage)
Edgar Kennedy
edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage)
Harry Langdon
edited from 'The First 100 Years'
Stan Laurel
edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)
Oliver Hardy
edited from 'Big Business' (archive footage)
Mabel Normand
edited from 'Fatty & Mabel Adrift' (archive footage)
Video Trailer When Comedy Was King
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John Landis on WHEN COMEDY WAS KING - Featurette
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